immunogenicity and safety of bivalent meningococcal serogroups a and c tetanus toxoid conjugate vaccine in chinese

Conditions: Vaccine

Summary: invasive meningococcal disease and meningococcal meningitis caused by neisseria meningitidis have their highest incidence in children, with a second peak in adolescents and young adults. the most important disease-causing serogroups are meningococcal serogroups a (mena) and menc in asia, such as china. the specific vaccine use in each country depends on the predominant serogroups, cost, and availability. conjugate vaccines are preferred to polysaccharide vaccines due to their impact on decreasing nasopharyngeal carriage of n. meningitidis and their overall increased immunogenicity in children. this clinical trial is planning to evaluate the immunogenicity and safety of bivalent meningococcal serogroups a and c tetanus toxoid conjugate vaccine in chinese healthy children aged 3 months to 5 years.

invasive meningococcal disease and meningococcal meningitis caused by neisseria meningitidis have their highest incidence in children, with a second peak in adolescents and young adults. the most important disease-causing serogroups are meningococcal serogroups a (mena), menb, menc, menw and meny. their prevalence varies geographically, mena and menc being more prominent in asia. neisseria meningitidis is one of the leading causes of bacterial meningitis globally. the annual number of cases related to invasive meningococcal disease (imd) is estimated to be at least 1.2 million with 135 000 deaths.1 to combat imd, an increasing number of countries have included vaccines against n. meningitidis in their routine immunization programs. the specific vaccine use in each country depends on the predominant serogroups, cost, and availability. polysaccharide vaccines were used in high risk people in saudi arabia and syria and in routine immunization in china and egypt. in general, conjugate vaccines are preferred to polysaccharide vaccines due to their impact on decreasing nasopharyngeal carriage of n. meningitidis and their overall increased immunogenicity in children. this clinical trial is planning to evaluate the immunogenicity and safety of bivalent meningococcal serogroups a and c tetanus toxoid conjugate vaccine in chinese healthy children aged 3 months to 5 years.

Eligibility criteria:
inclusion criteria: * 3-5 months old group * healthy infants aged 3-5months old as established by medical history and clinical examination * subjects who was never administered meningococcal vaccine. * the subjects' guardians are able to understand and sign the informed consent * subjects who can and will comply with the requirements of the protocol * subjects with temperature ≤37.0°c on axillary setting 6-23 months old group * healthy infants aged 6-23 months old as established by medical history and clinical examination * subjects who was never administered meningococcal conjugate vaccine, or administered meningococcal polysaccharide vaccine over 3 months. * the subjects' guardians are able to understand and sign the informed consent * subjects who can and will comply with the requirements of the protocol * subjects with temperature ≤37.0°c on axillary setting 2-5 years old group * healthy infants aged 2-5 years as established by medical history and clinical examination * subjects who was never administered meningococcal conjugate vaccine, or administered meningococcal polysaccharide vaccine over 12 months. * the subjects' guardians are able to understand and sign the informed consent * subjects who can and will comply with the requirements of the protocol * subjects with temperature ≤37.0°c on axillary setting exclusion criteria: * subjects who has a medical history of invasive meningococcal disease and meningococcal meningitis. * subject that has a medical history of any of the following: allergic history, or allergic to any ingredient of vaccine * severe malnutrition or dysgenopathy * family history of seizures or progressive neurological disease * family history of congenital or hereditary immunodeficiency * bleeding disorder diagnosed by a doctor or significant bruising or bleeding difficulties with injections or blood draws * any acute infections in last 3 days * any prior administration of immunodepressant or corticosteroids in last 14 days * any prior administration of attenuated live vaccine in last 14 days * any prior administration of subunit or inactivated vaccines in last 7 days * had fever before vaccination, subjects with temperature \>37.0°c on axillary setting * any condition that in the opinion of the investigator, may interfere with the evaluation of study objectives exclusion criteria for the second and third dose: if subjects who have one condition as followed, prohibiting to continue the vaccination, and they will be continue observed in the opinion of the investigator. all participants with adverse events as followed, must be settled in follow-up to the end of events. * any serious adverse events caused by vaccination. * any confirmed or suspected autoimmune diseases or immune deficiency disorders, including human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) infection * have acute or new chronic disease during vaccination * other reactions that in the opinion of the investigator ( include: severely serious symptom of pain, swelling, limitation of motion, continuous high fever, headache and other systemic or local reactions )